These awards provide a total of up to $30,000 to support new investigators with a multi-year, extramurally funded career development award. The request must demonstrate the necessity for supplemental funding and the investigator must align the request with and use any awarded funds within the career grant funding period.  

Applicant Eligibility

  • All investigators with an active career development award.  
  • An individual may receive only one career development supplemental award proposal as a PI.  
  • Applicants must have a primary faculty appointment with DOM.  
  • The DOM Research Council follows the NIH proposal model and allows investigators an initial application and one resubmission for funding consideration. Investigators may resubmit unfunded proposals found to have merit only once.  

Proposal Requirements

 Proposals should consist of the following and the applicant should compile them into a single PDF in this order for submission purposes:  

  1. Abstract (1 page maximum)  
  2. Summary of the need for supplemental funding, including discussion of non-overlap with start-up or mentor support mechanisms.  
  3. Copy of the funded career development award  
  4. Budget (use the linked template)
  5. Budget justification  
  6. If in the scientist track:  
    • Eligibility justification (1 page maximum)  
    • Outline of the pathway to independence and a detailed description of how the research plan is different from that of the scientist’s current PI/mentor
  7. Letter confirming provision of matching/support funds, if applicable  

Review Criteria

 Awards will be based on a general assessment of the overall impact of the research. The DOM Research Council will only consider funding proposals with a clear path to the stated deliverable. This consideration is particularly relevant for supporting applicants approaching the transition to an independent external grant proposal submission (e.g., R01).